Author: Amy Ridenour

Saddam Innocent?

Jude Wanniski believes Saddam Hussein looks innocent : ...as far as I can recall, there have been no assertions of the "brutality" of Saddam's regime from anyone but the Iraqi exiles associated with Ahmet Chalabi or those Kurds who fought ...
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Black Activists Commend Secretary Powell, Bush Administration for Trying to Curb Ethnic Violence in Sudan

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In the wake of Secretary of State Colin Powell's historic visit to Sudan, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 commend the Bush Administration for its efforts to prevent further violence in the African country that some call "ethnic ...
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So Much for Supporting the Troops

You never can predict what is going to bother people. This correspondent takes issue with the fact that our U.S. Army correspondent from Baghdad, Joe Roche (and we), at times have referred to Joe's unit informally in posts on this ...
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Illegal Alien? No Problem Unpaid Ticket? Lose Use of Your Car

NCPPR executive director David W. Almasi points out this interesting enforcement priorities in a Washington suburb: In Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., police plan to adopt a narrow interpretation of a new state law aimed at curbing crime ...
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“Your Bloods Will Be the River of Hope for Us”

Sean at the Everything I Know Is Wrong blog has a very heartwarming roundup of selections from Iraqi bloggers today. If you would like to feel good about something today, read it. Then read it again tomorrow ...
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Some People Don’t Trust This Story

In the Reuters article today by Tom Perry entitled Governing Body, U.S. Pick CIA Link Allawi as Iraqi PM, the following paragraph appears: "It was unclear how far U.S. officials or Brahimi influenced the choice of a long-time exile known ...
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“Here in Baghdad We are Facing a Serious Sustained Terrorist Offensive”

In the last few days, the Washington Times, New York Times and Washington Post (here and here) all have run stories about the work of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq. This is, of course, the division to which our ...
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Family-Friendly Far From Fair? Part III

I received a thoughtful e-mail tonight regarding the conversation Ally (at the Who Moved My Truth blog) and I have been having about family-friendly policies in the workplace and society. With permission, I am sharing it: Hi. I've had the ...
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1st Armored Division Claims Victory Over Sheik

Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times has an article today, "Army Unit Claims Victory Over Sheik," about the work Spc. Joe Roche and his fellow soldiers of the Army's 1st Armored Division have been doing in Iraq. The piece begins: ...
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Washington Post Lists Immunity Problems, Forgets to Explain Benefits

Today's Page One Washington Post article, "U.S. Immunity In Iraq Will Go Beyond June 30," manages to list quite a few reasons why U.S. plans to extend immunity for U.S. forces in Iraq may cause difficulties, but the article never ...
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